Srimad Bhagavatam Series- #17- Childhood Pastimes of Krsna

This audio is included in the following series of lectures:

Topics

• Srila Gurudeva mentioned that we completed six days of Srimad Bhagavatam katha, and we are starting the seventh day of harikatha today.
• Explanation of various childhood pastimes of Krsna from Srimad Bhagavatam 10th Canto.
• When Krsna turned 30 days old, Mother Yasoda was making him sleep on the bed; he was not yet strong enough to turn over. But still, he killed Putana, Sakatasura, Aghasura, etc. demons.
• When Krsna turned a little on his side for the first time. Mother Yasoda felt very happy, and all the gopis started singing mangala-gita (auspicious songs).
• After that, Krsna and Balarama started growing bigger; the more they grew, the more their beauty started increasing.
• Mother Rohini had to do all the household work. Mother Yasoda was always engaged in protecting the children. In this way, both of them started taking care of the children together.
• Pastime of Mother Yasoda putting Krsna to sleep by singing him a lullaby.
• Pastime of Brahmanda-ghata. Krsna ate earth while playing with the cowherd boys. Looking into Krsna’s mouth, Mother became dumbstruck. There, she saw innumerable universes, countless Brahmas, Visnus, and Sivas, and all moving and non-moving entities.
• One day, a fruit vendor approached Nanda Maharaja’s house, and Krsna gathered some food grains with his little palms and went to the vendor to exchange the grains for fruit. On the way, almost all the grains fell from His palms, with only one or two grains remaining, but the fruit vendor, out of full affection, accepted these grains in exchange for as much fruit as Krsna could take. As soon as she did this, her basket became filled with gold and jewels.
• Description of the various games that Krsna Balarama used to play outside the house, like sometimes they would put their hands in the dog's mouth, sometimes they would hold snakes, and sometimes they would try to touch a sword.
• Pastime of Lord Siva's arrival at Nanda Bhavana for darsana of Sri Krsna’s childhood pastimes.
• Various ways gopis used to joke and play with Krsna and Balarama.
• Srila Gurudeva said that we heard about the pastime of killing Aghasura. Lord Brahma wanted to see the sweet pastimes of Krsna; that is the reason he stole Krsna’s cows and friends.
• Krsna would take the cows out to graze for the day in the forests of Vrndavana. He appeared very beautiful and charming, and all the people of Vraja surrounded the road to see Krsna taking the cows out to graze.
• All the gopis leave their household work to see Krsna's attractive face.
• Pastime of a newly married gopi who had just arrived in Vraja and saw Krsna for the first time.
• Krsna played a trick using one of his calves and gave his darsana to that girl. Her very heart came out from her, and Krsna took it and went on His way. She could only stand motionlessly.
• Her mother-in-law somehow managed to bring her inside the house and tried to engage her in household work. But the girl took the mustard pot instead of the yoghurt pot and began churning. She was then told to lift up the pot and bring water from the well. The newlywed gopi was so lost that instead of wrapping the noose of rope around the pot, she placed it around the child.
• One gopi said, “It appears that a ghost has possessed her!” Another gopi, who knew everything, said, “It wasn’t just an ordinary ghost; it was the ghost of Nanda!”
• This way, Krsna used to immerse everyone in his sweet pastimes.